}

    public UnicodeString(String str, boolean zterm) {
        this.zterm = zterm;

        int len = str.length();
        int zt = zterm ? 1 : 0;

        length = maximum_length = (short)((len + zt) * 2);
        buffer = new short[len + zt];

        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            buffer[i] = (short)str.charAt(i);
        }
        if (zterm) {

        this.zterm = zterm;
    }


    /**
     * 
     * @param str
     *            wrapped string
     * @param zterm
     *            whether the string should be zero terminated
     */
    public UnicodeString ( String str, boolean zterm ) {
        this.zterm = zterm;

        int len = str.length();
        int zt = zterm ? 1 : 0;